G/SPS/N/UKR/188  
 
26 September 2022  
(22-7192) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Food products of animal origin  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food 
of Ukraine "On Approval of Hygienic Requirements for the Production and Placing on the 
Market of Food Products of Animal Origin" . Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of 
pages:  83 
https://minagro.gov.ua/npa/pro -zatverdzhennya -gigiyenichnih -vimog -do-virobnictva -ta-
obigu -harchov ih-produktiv -tvarinnogo -pohodzhennya  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_6490_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_6490_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_6490_02_x.pdf  
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_6490_03_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UKR/22_6490_04_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The dra ft Order approves the hygienic requirements for the 
production and placing o n the market of food products of animal origin (processed and 
unprocessed), in particular:  
− meat of domestic ungulates, hares, wild animals and wild animals raised on farm s; 
− minced or chopped meat (minced meat), meat semi -finished products and meat of 
mechanical rolling;  
− meat products;  
− live bivalve molluscs, live echinoderms, live gastropods and live marine gastropods;  
− fish products;  
− eggs and egg products;  
− frog legs and snails ; 
− melted animal fats and crackers;  
− processed stomachs, bladders and intestines;  
− highly purified chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid, other hydrolyzed cartilage products, 
chitosan, glucosamine, rennet, fish glue and amino acids;  
− gelatin  and collagen.  
The requirements establish rules for food market operators on the hygiene of food 
products of animal origin, their production and placing on the market.  
The draft Order is developed based on the requirements of the EU legislation, namely 
Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April G/SPS/N/UKR/188  
 
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  2014 laying down specific hygiene rules for on the hygiene of foodstuffs, Regulation (EC) 
No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the 
hygiene of foodstuffs.  
Hygienic requirements for the production and placing on the market of food products of 
animal origin, approved by this Order, shall be applied to food market operators who 
export or have declared to the competent authority their inte ntion to carry out such export 
from the date of entry into force of this Order.  
Hygienic requirements for the production and placing on the market of food products of 
animal origin, approved by this Order, will be applied to all other operators of the food  
market in three years from the date of termination or cancellation of martial law.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Laws of Ukraine "On the Basic Principles and Requirements for Food Safety and 
Quality" , "On State Control over Compliance with Legislation on Food, Feed, By -
products of Animal Origin, Animal Health and Welfare", "On Veterinary Medicine"  
− Related notification G/SPS/N/UKR/120  
(available in Ukrainian)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined . 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined . 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : The Order will enter into force from the date of its official publication.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 November 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: